On this day in Sport - July 10

1927: Former Leeds and England manager Don Revie was born. He transformed Leeds from a struggling Second Division side into one of the best teams in Europeduring the late 1960s and early 70s - guiding them to two League Championships,FA Cup and League Cup glory as well as regular European football, winning theFairs Cup in 1968 and 1971. He went on to manage England but quit after threeyears in 1977 following poor results. He died from motor neurone disease in May1989.

1943: Arthur Ashe, who became the first black Wimbledon men's champion when heclaimed the title in 1975, was born. The American died in 1993 of an AIDS-related disease.

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Zidane: Sent off in the World Cup final for his infamous headbutt

1951: Randolph Turpin became the first Briton since Bob Fitzsimmons in the 19thcentury to win the world middleweight crown, producing one of boxing's biggestshocks with a points win over American 'Sugar' Ray Robinson.

1970: David Broome, on Beethoven, became the first British male rider to winthe World Showjumping Championship.

1978: Snooker great Joe Davis, who won the world championship 15 times,including the first contested in 1927, died at the age of 77.

1989: Former Celtic star Maurice Johnston was transferred to Rangers fromNantes, becoming the first big-name Roman Catholic player to be signed by theclub.

1994: Damon Hill won his first British Grand Prix, something his two-time worldchampion father Graham never managed.

1995: Paul Gascoigne completed a £4.3million move from Lazio to Rangers. DavidPlatt also returned to Britain from Italian shores by signing for Arsenal fromSampdoria for £4.75million.

2006: Shamed France captain Zinedine Zidane won the Golden Ball - votes forwhich were cast at half-time in the World Cup final, in which he was later sentoff - for being the best player in the tournament.

2007: West Ham clinched the signing of Craig Bellamy from Liverpool for a clubrecord fee of £7.5m.